Patents by Inventor Michael Verhaeghe

Michael Verhaeghe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4113022
    Abstract: The invention achieves a mechanical device for pulling seedling plants from the ground in greenhouses and for conveying them by conveyor to a collection receptacle for grading the more mature or better quality plants. Essentially the invention includes an inclined conveyor formed by a pair loop belts, each belt travelling between an idler pulley and a drive wheel, such that the loop belts, being composed of a resilient material such as sponge rubber, are placed in an abutting juxtaposed position to thereby co-operatively form the mechanism which pulls the plant from the ground and as well conveys the plant from the ground toward the collection receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Inventors: Joe Balinte, Michael Verhaeghe